Shock-absorbing body-brace for automobiles.



M. H ZSSGROVE SHOCK ABSDRBING BODY BRACE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1916.

Patented Apr. 10, 191?.

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WITNESSES manmm ROY MERL MUSGROVE, OF SPANISH FORK, UTAH, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO E, D.-

' CRUISE, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

SHOCK-ABSORBING BODY-BRACE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented in. to, ieia,

Application filed Aprilfi, 1916. Serial No. 89,030.

ticularly the Ford automobile, to firmly.

brace and sustain the body thereof, at the center, whereby to absorb and relieve the body, including the runn ng boards, of strain and jars due to the vibrations and sagging of the body and running boards at the center.

A more particular object of the invention is to provide an attachment of the indicated character of simple form that may be readily hung on. the chassis or frame bars and firmly engage the runnin boards at the approximate centers thereo and thus properly brace the said running boards and through the same brace the body.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1' is a cross sectional view taken approximately along the transverse center of an automobile, showing my attachment in position;

Fig. 2 is a erspective view of said attachment and including fragments of the chassis of the automobile.

. In the illustration, the numeral 10 indicates the chassis of an automobile, the nu meral 11, the body thereof, '12, the running boards, and 13 indicates the brackets sustaining the fuel tank 14.

My attachment includes a bar 15 adapted I to range transversely at the approximate centerirf a vehicle and having offset ends 16 extending upwardly to come to a bearing against the under sides of the runhing boards 12.

To support the bar 15, hanger rods 17 are provided having hooked upper ends 17*, adapted to be hooked over the frame bars 10 of the car at the center of the said bars or adjacent to the usual brackets 18, for the tank 14. The lower ends of the hanger rods 17 extend through vertical holes in. the

bar 15 at each side of the center thereof and said hangers are threaded to receive nuts 18, which are turned up against the flanges 15 of said bar until the upwardly disposed ofiset ends 16 firmly contact with the running boards 12.

The hangers 1;? are readily applied by a workman under the car, the center portion of the Ford car being open between the frame bars as is well understood, so that the engagement of the hangers 17 can be quickly" eifected.

A strap brace" 19 is secured at its center to the center of the bar 15 by a bolt 21 or other suitable means. The ends of said strap 19 are formed with vertical holes for the passage of the hangers 17 therethrough and nuts 21 are rovided on the saidhanger rods above the race 19 and adapted to be screwed down on the said rods to bear firmly against the said brace. The brace 1109' thus gives additional support to the When my'attachinent is in place, the run hing1 boards and body are firmly sustained at t e center, thereby preventing vibrations and sagging of the body and running boards, and preventing all strains thereon as well as doing away with the rattling of the running boards, doors, and mud guards. The attachment absorbs the strains and distributes the shocks so that the life of the car is materially extended as l find in practice.

Having thus described my invention it claim as new, and desire to secure by Let: ters Patent;- a

1. The herein described attachment for automobiles including a bar adapted to be ositioned beneath the body of an automoile and of a length to engage at its ends with the under sides of the running boards of the automobile, hanger rods supporting said bar and formed with means to connect the hangers with the frame of an automobile, the lower ends of said rods being threaded, and nuts on the threaded ends of the rods beneath the said bar, a brace above the bar and secured at its center thereto, the ends of the brace having holes through which the said hangers extend, and nuts on the hangers above the said brace.

2. The herein described attachment for automobiles, the same including han ers having means at the'upper ends thereof to suspend the same from the fr of an air-- tit? rod

lllll tornobile a transverse pressure bar carried by the hangers, said bar being of a length to extend laterally beneath the running boards of the automobile to exert pressure thereon, a transverse element secured between its ends to the said pressure bar, the said ends being above and spaced from the -pressui'e bar, the said hangers extending through the said ends, and means to vary the distance between the ends of the trans- 1 verse element and the pressure bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the, presence of two subseribin Witnesses.

RoY MERL MUSGROVE.

Witnesses:

JESSE ALLEN EARL, EDGAR DUDLEY CRUISE. 

